Playoff Selection Final Rankings 12/20 11am

[B00M 6519]

8 hours ago, MonkeyDoughnut said:

ND will be #4

Better wins than A&M

Played in championship game

Played 11 games

Haven't lost to Alabama by 4 touchdowns yet. No one wants a Alabama / A&M placeholder game

SEC should get screwed by their imbalanced stupid division setup.

A&M has record in large part because of how bad SEC is this year (outside Bama)

Yeah so aggys best win is 8-3 Florida.. Florida's best win is 7-2 Georgia... Georgia's best win is 6-4 Auburn. SEC does not deserve 2 teams 

[B00M 6519]

6 hours ago, Vic Mackey said:

 With how recruiting is, it is very hard to have any parity in college football. 

Unfortunately it appears the 4-team playoff has damaged college football on the whole. Gotta go to 8 or back to BCS

[El Hornarino 374]

Highly regarded people think A&M should be in.  Highly regarded.

[Horn80 6171]

24 minutes ago, El Hornarino said:

Highly regarded people think A&M should be in.  Highly regarded.

These are the same people that would tell a kid at the zoo to go over to the cage and pet the tiger.

[dingleberryswitzer 2724]

30 minutes ago, El Hornarino said:

Highly regarded people think A&M should be in.  Highly regarded.

Soooooo... Aggys?

[DFW Horn 6336]

7 hours ago, markstanco said:

11 hours ago, DFW Horn said:

ND getting in is bullshit, but if it fucks over aggy I'm all for it.

Why is it bullshit? They beat #1.

Without their starting QB. Is Clemson now #1?

Don't care who's #4. They're gonna get rolled anyway. Prefer it's not aggy

[Hagbard Celine 10967]

8 hours ago, F250 said:

WTF?

 

 

i hope wheels hires aggy the next time he needs a brake job

[Revolution512 1495]

8 hours ago, Frank Gallagher said:

If A&M were to squeak in, I would rather it be at the expense of OSU.  The B10's fucked up leadership, out/in shenanigans and schedule manipulation pisses me off.  It won't happen though.

A&M and Notre Dame should be pushing this point hard. Fuck the Big 10. 

['stache 21895]

1 Bama, 2 Clemson, 3 tOSU, 4 ND or Cincy. I say Cincy to avoid even the possibility of Clemson-ND 3. No aggy since we’ve already seen Aggy-Bama and it was a blowout.

[DFW Horn 6336]

2 minutes ago, 'stache said:

1 Bama, 2 Clemson, 3 tOSU, 4 ND or Cincy. I say Cincy to avoid even the possibility of Clemson-ND 3. No aggy since we’ve already seen Aggy-Bama and it was a blowout.

I concur. Fuck aggy

[Ultimate Failure 61]

It's all moot anyway.  Whoever wins this year will get a big, fat asterisk next to their title.  No way OSU has earned a spot on the field.  We don't know the relative strength of conferences, because no one played OOC games.  Random games were cancelled due to COVID, affecting some teams more than others.  This season is just a big pile of shit, and the choice of playoff teams will be largely based on reputation rather than on-field performance.

[ztejas 43605]

1 minute ago, Ultimate Failure said:

It's all moot anyway.  Whoever wins this year will get a big, fat asterisk next to their title.  No way OSU has earned a spot on the field.  We don't know the relative strength of conferences, because no one played OOC games.  Random games were cancelled due to COVID, affecting some teams more than others.  This season is just a big pile of shit, and the choice of playoff teams will be largely based on reputation rather than on-field performance.

I'm pretty convinced Alabama and Clemson are the 2 best teams in the country. I don't need to see USC play Purdue to inform me of that opinion.

[gmr548 16617]

My prediction based on nothing in particular

1.) Bama
2.) Clemson
3.) Ohio State
4.) ND
5.) Aggy
6.) OU

Aggy vs OU in Cotton Bowl

['stache 21895]

OU would demolish aggy and I’d be okay with that.

[C-Man 27293]

4 hours ago, B00M said:

Unfortunately it appears the 4-team playoff has damaged college football on the whole. Gotta go to 8 or back to BCS

Sort of agree. Never thought I'd say that. Eight is perfect -- five auto berths to P5 conference champs and maybe auto for best G5 team if in Top 10 or 12 and then two or three at-larges depending on how you go with G5.

[TexArcher 38119]

10 hours ago, F250 said:

If I get one more text about SEC wins I am going to start insulting people I actually like until I break their soul.

Liking them was your first mistake.

I have aggy cousins that I tolerate.  That's as far as it goes.

[C-Man 27293]

18 minutes ago, 'stache said:

1 Bama, 2 Clemson, 3 tOSU, 4 ND or Cincy. I say Cincy to avoid even the possibility of Clemson-ND 3. No aggy since we’ve already seen Aggy-Bama and it was a blowout.

ND has zero chance of beating Bama. It's going to be Bama-Clemson in the title game -- again.

[gmr548 16617]

It's all moot anyway.  Whoever wins this year will get a big, fat asterisk next to their title.  No way OSU has earned a spot on the field.  We don't know the relative strength of conferences, because no one played OOC games.  Random games were cancelled due to COVID, affecting some teams more than others.  This season is just a big pile of shit, and the choice of playoff teams will be largely based on reputation rather than on-field performance.

I don’t think there will be much of an asterisk when Bama or Clemson wins it.

[gmr548 16617]

Without their starting QB. Is Clemson now #1?
Don't care who's #4. They're gonna get rolled anyway. Prefer it's not aggy

Yeah it basically comes down to which team that’s already been crushed by a real contender do you want to throw in as a sacrifice. Honestly might as well throw Cindy a bone in that scenario. The game would probably play out about the same and it placates the G5

[mchookem 16434]

1 minute ago, Ultimate Failure said:

It's all moot anyway.  Whoever wins this year will get a big, fat asterisk next to their title.  No way OSU has earned a spot on the field.  We don't know the relative strength of conferences, because no one played OOC games.  Random games were cancelled due to COVID, affecting some teams more than others.  This season is just a big pile of shit, and the choice of playoff teams will be largely based on reputation rather than on-field performance.

yeah, i said this exact thing in September...followed with 'hey, it might finally be aggy's year!'

i had no idea how right that would be lol. my aggy friend basically agreed in September...but this weekend when i repeated it he got testy about it and started with all the reasons this season was a miracle 🤣 can't imagine why lol

[ztejas 43605]

3 minutes ago, TexArcher said:

I have aggy cousins that I tolerate.  That's as far as it goes.

I'm so sorry. I had no idea. 

I have some okie lite in the family - one of whom went to law school at OU but holds allegiance to the pokes so I didn't find out until pretty recently. No aggy fortunately.

[DFW Horn 6336]

1 minute ago, gmr548 said:

Yeah it basically comes down to which team that’s already been crushed by a real contender do you want to throw in as a sacrifice. Honestly might as well throw Cindy a bone in that scenario. The game would probably play out about the same and it placates the G5

The committee isn't gonna throw Cincinnati, San Jose, or any other G5 a bone with only 4 teams bc TV ratings. Only helmet schools qualify. Sucks, but it is what it is.

[The_Great_Hornsby 3289]

I will be very shocked if Aggy gets in over Notre Dame. Notre Dame has a bigger alumni base, more fans, more money, more prestige. That matters in the eyes of the committee. This aggy talk is just drama to drum up ratings in advance of the show. 

[DaysOff 7988]

It's also 2020.

[DFW Horn 6336]

15 minutes ago, 'stache said:

OU would demolish aggy and I’d be okay with that.

Pick your poison, but I'd be fine with this too. Because fuck aggy

[RomaVicta 30039]

It is sorta fun returning to Texags now. If they don't get in, it's because everybody has agendas and is against poor aggy.

There are no truthful opinions that don't support A&M; there are only meanies trying to keep them down.

My worthless opinion? They didn't even make their conference championship game. That would put them out, all things considered.

On the other hand, it would be nice to see somebody new in the playoff for new matchups, but they've already lost to Alabama once. ND would be playing Clemson for the third time. This is getting really boring.

[Ultimate Failure 61]

8 minutes ago, The_Great_Hornsby said:

I will be very shocked if Aggy gets in over Notre Dame. Notre Dame has a bigger alumni base, more fans, more money, more prestige. That matters in the eyes of the committee. This aggy talk is just drama to drum up ratings in advance of the show. 

LOLno.  Otherwise, perfect.

[MonkeyDoughnut 10372]

Forget alumni, bias etc, fact is A&Ms only good win happens to also be LSUs best win, except LSU won on the road, A&M at home. 

If OSU played 3 more games like Aggies they would have 3 more wins and be that much better and might actually have all their players back.

 

Aggy not getting in

[Sock Monkey 722]

If it is truly a 2020 asterisk of a season, why not give chaos a shot and put Cincy in? A&M and ND have already eliminated themselves with blowout losses to the two guaranteed playoff teams. Nobody trusts OU to put up a fight anymore. Let's roll the dice on an underdog!

[Alien Octopus 598]

9 minutes ago, DFW Horn said:

Pick your poison, but I'd be fine with this too. Because fuck aggy

Root for the Asteroid

[BradInATX 9208]

The manufactured hype on this is hilarious. It's going to be Bama vs. ND and Clemson vs OSU. They're not moving undefeated Alabama out of the #1 spot and forcing them into the OSU meat grinder when everyone else has lost a game.

They're not putting aggy in to lose by 50 again and they're certainly not going to put Cincy in.

[Sgt Hulk 13928]

Just here to say fuck aggy.  Chanticleers should be ranked higher 

[Pancho 45180]

17 minutes ago, The_Great_Hornsby said:

I will be very shocked if Aggy gets in over Notre Dame. Notre Dame has a bigger alumni base, more fans, more money, more prestige. That matters in the eyes of the committee. 

No it doesn’t.  

[Js1 85651]

1 minute ago, Pancho said:

No it doesn’t.  

To be fair, we have no idea. What they deem important changes every year 

[Tex-19 2885]

The committee ended up getting a pretty easy job this year - Bama, Clemson, OSU, ND in that order. Aggy has the biggest complaint but the season-long resumes speak for themselves. The losses cancel each other out and ND has better wins.

I'm no fan of OSU but I think people are discounting them too much just because of one ugly game (NW) without 22 players. It's not their fault they only played 6 games and they won every other game soundly. I'd guess Clemson will only be a 3-5 point favorite in that game.

[David Dennison 18993]

Just now, Tex-19 said:

The committee ended up getting a pretty easy job this year - Bama, Clemson, OSU, ND in that order. Aggy has the biggest complaint but the season-long resumes speak for themselves. The losses cancel each other out and ND has better wins.

I'm no fan of OSU but I think people are discounting them too much just because of one ugly game (NW) without 22 players. It's not their fault they only played 6 games and they won every other game soundly. I'd guess Clemson will only be a 3-5 point favorite in that game.

OSU struggled with Indiana, too.

[ztejas 43605]

1 minute ago, Tex-19 said:

I'd guess Clemson will only be a 3-5 point favorite in that game.

You giving action on that?

[mdleast 8352]

Not only does ND have better wins but their one and only loss (that seems to put their spot in jeopardy) was in the conference championship game. If they were like Aggy and had not made it to their conference
championship game, they would remain undefeated. I feel like this point is not brought up in the national discussion.

[Tex-19 2885]

1 minute ago, David Dennison said:

OSU struggled with Indiana, too.

Did they? They were ahead 21 points going into the 4th quarter.

1 minute ago, ztejas said:

You giving action on that?

Negative, but I stand by my guess

[BradInATX 9208]

Not only does ND have better wins but their one and only loss (that seems to put their spot in jeopardy) was in the conference championship game. If they were like Aggy and had not made it to their conference
championship game, they would remain undefeated. I feel like this point is not brought up in the national discussion.

It's pretty well assumed by all which is why nobody gives aggy a chance to get in

[Alien Octopus 598]

3 minutes ago, David Dennison said:

OSU struggled with Indiana, too.

Indiana is better than all teams in the SEC not named Alabama.

[ztejas 43605]

Just now, Tex-19 said:

Did they? They were ahead 21 points going into the 4th quarter.

Negative, but I stand by my guess

I will guess that it winds up around Clemson -8. It should be at least a TD I would think.

[futureman 22562]

so if aggy doesn’t get in do they still claim a MNC like central florida did a few years ago?

[David Dennison 18993]

2 minutes ago, Tex-19 said:

Did they? They were ahead 21 points going into the 4th quarter.

Yes. I watched that game. It was not an easy win by any stretch.

[SquishMitten 10451]

If there’s ever a year to put in a G5, it’s COVID year. This season will always have an asterisk next to it anyway. Why not give a little guy a chance when there’s no risk of rocking the boat that the committee has always strongly protected

[TexArcher 38119]

43 minutes ago, gmr548 said:

Aggy vs OU in Cotton Bowl

Good time to cull the herd of 90,000 of its slowest.

[mdleast 8352]

It's pretty well assumed by all which is why nobody gives aggy a chance to get in

I agree that’s the overall consensus but I have read/heard some (national pundit types...not locals) trying to make the case for Aggy. They’re in the minority but out there.

[David Dennison 18993]

1 minute ago, SquishMitten said:

If there’s ever a year to put in a G5, it’s COVID year. This season will always have an asterisk next to it anyway. Why not give a little guy a chance when there’s no risk of rocking the boat that the committee has always strongly protected

$$$

[David Dennison 18993]

Just now, mdleast said:

I agree that’s the overall consensus but I have read/heard some (national pundit types...not locals) trying to make the case for Aggy. They’re in the minority but out there.

Brian Jones being one of the most vocal.

WTF, bro?

[Tex-19 2885]

AP poll out...OSU 3, ND 4